405 pg.Rebound in red cloth with label title, water stains on the outside edges of text, did not go to text, Contains reports of Indian Agents from 19 states plus the Indian Territory, A report concerning Sitting Bull, a Proclamation by President H ayes (a warning concerning trespassing on Indian Territory, and spreading rumors) Agreement with the Crows, Shoshones, Bannacks, and Sheepeaters, diseases among the Indians, plus much more info. Excellent resource material... View more info

Report of an inquiry into the facts relating to the fraudulent abstraction of certain bonds, held in trust for the Indian tribes, from the Department of the Interior, stamped cloth with the seal of the United States of America on front and back, 365 pgs, a few rust spots to cover , minor foxing inside, G+ View more info

Cir late 1800's, ND, NP, 551pgs + ads, illustrated, no title or copyright page. Slight wear around the edges. History of Indian wars from the late 1700's through the 1860's, much information on the subject. View more info

409 pages, frontis, photos, original cloth with blind-stamp on title page, no other markings, an exceptional copy! Contains Bradley's journal of the 1876 Sioux Campaign under Gibbon's command. Diary of Matthew Carroll Master of Transportation for Gibbon. Also journal of S. G. Fisher Chief of Scouts for the Nez Perce Campaign of 1877 under command of General Howard. Luther 50, Dustin 23. View more info

Original printed wraps, 30 pages, map. Contains Felix R. Brunot's report of his three days of negotiations with the Shoshones with Chief Washakie as the Indian's spokesman. The government want the Indians to sale part of their reservation to open the land up for white settlers (nothing new there). They agreed to sale the land for $25,000, with the chief getting $500 a year for five years. Washakie wanted cattle and houses for his people as they were poor and afraid of th... View more info

Original pictorial wraps, 144 pages, minor soiling. This meeting focused on the government's policies for the Indians and their complaints. Delegates from numerous tribes and locations were present. View more info

Original printed wraps, 71 pages. Meeting held at the Army and Navy Club Washington, D.C. January 26, 1929. Many noted military personnel were present. Provides a list of attendees and summary of the association. Of most interest is the section on the history of the Apache wars. View more info

Original pictorial cloth with beveled edges, 175 pages, photos, illustrations, minor edge wear to book and jacket, limited to 400 copies. Chapters include; The Butterfield Overland Mail, California's Gold Era, Al Sieber, Chief of the Apaches, Charles M. Russell, Western Americana, Some Collectors of Glen Dawson, Military Outposts in Arizona, etc. Laid in is a letter marked personal from Earl Vandade dated 1949 to Glen Dawson. Dawson included Vandale in his list of major ... View more info

180 pages, photos, illustrations, slight edge wear to jacket, limited to 400 copies. Chapters include; Mountain Men Who Came to California, The Emigrants' Forty Mile Desert Trail Through Nevada, The Apache Kid, The Covered Wagon, Guns That Won the West, Sacajawea, The Bird Woman, Development of Music in the West, Cattle Industry of the Hawaiian Islands, etc. Herd 2492, Six-Guns 2366. View more info

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